PT-2002-1376 · Avenger · Avenger'S News System

Published 2002-05-03 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-0307

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avenger's News System (ANS) versions 2.11 and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files or execute any Perl program on the system. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter, which reads the target file and attempts to execute the line using Perl's eval() function.

Recommendations For Avenger's News System (ANS) versions 2.11 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ans.pl script until a patch is available. Avoid using the p parameter in the affected script until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0307

Affected Products

Avenger'S News System

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0307 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101430868616112&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4147 · Note